Design Manager

About Decima International

Decima International is a professional services company specializing in project management and controls. The company serves clients across the United States and the Middle East, aiming to be a premier professional services provider in its engaged industry sectors. This is achieved by fostering client partnerships, attracting talented professionals, and regulating growth to maintain service excellence.

The Role of Design Manager

Decima International is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design processes for major data center projects in Riyadh. This full-time role requires 2-5 years of experience and involves ensuring design packages are coordinated, constructible, technically compliant, and delivered according to project requirements and schedules. The Design Manager will serve as a key interface between the Owner, designers, consultants, contractors, and various technical disciplines, supporting design development from concept through IFC, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multidisciplinary design development from concept through IFC.
• Coordinate CSA, MEP, ICT, Fire Protection, Security, and other technical disciplines.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination meetings and track resulting actions.
• Review design packages for technical compliance, completeness, coordination, and constructability.
• Identify design clashes, interface gaps, technical risks, and inconsistencies, and drive timely resolution.
• Manage and track RFIs, design comments, submittals, technical clarifications, and outstanding design actions.
• Coordinate closely with designers, consultants, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.
• Support BIM coordination and clash detection/resolution activities.
• Monitor design deliverables against project schedules and escalate delays or constraints.
• Manage design changes, field changes, and design-related impacts during construction.
• Support constructability reviews and Value Engineering initiatives.
• Assist with technical reviews of long-lead equipment and major system packages.
• Ensure design interfaces between architecture, structure, MEP, ICT, security, and specialist systems are properly coordinated.
• Support resolution of site-based design issues during construction.
• Prepare design progress reports, dashboards, and client presentations.
• Maintain clear tracking of design risks, decisions, approvals, and outstanding actions.
• Support testing, commissioning, handover, and project closeout activities from a design perspective.
• Ensure design deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, project specifications, and client requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong experience in multidisciplinary design management and coordination.
• Experience managing complex design packages through concept, design development, and IFC stages.
• Strong understanding of CSA, MEP, ICT, Fire Protection, Security, and other major building systems.
• Strong technical drawing interpretation and design review capabilities.
• Experience managing RFIs, technical submittals, design comments, and clarifications.
• Strong constructability review and design risk management experience.
• Experience coordinating designers, consultants, contractors, and client stakeholders.
• Strong BIM coordination experience, including design clash review and resolution.
• Excellent communication, presentation, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple design priorities in a fast-paced project environment.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the above requirements are encouraged to apply. The salary for this position will be disclosed during the interview process.